''Djam Leelii'' is the first collaborative studio album by the Senegalese musicians
Baaba Maal and
Mansour Seck, released in 1989. It was recorded in 1984. A 1998 reissue from
Palm Records raised the number of tracks to twelve.
Critical reception
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'' wrote: "The album's eight selections range from the entrancing 'Lamtooro' and 'Muudo Hormo', tunes that achieve the spiritual grace and calm that so much New Age music aspires to but seldom delivers, to the more percussive, rhythmically contagious 'Salminanam'."
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'' noted that "accessible melodies suggest American folk-blues, ethereal ECM-styled jazz and even modern classical music."
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concluded that, "for postindustrialized listeners, the interplay of recurring guitar patterns and penetrating Afro-Islamic voices adds up to background music with soul."[ '' Folk Roots'' named the album the best of 1989.
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commented that "two guitars, accented by a bit of African percussion and some tasty electric fills by Aziz Dieng, produce pure magic."
Track listing
All tracks by Baaba Maal
# "Lam Tooro" – 6:40
# "Loodo" – 6:11
# "Muudo Hormo" – 6:13
# "Salminanam" – 4:29
# "Maacina Tooro" – 5:49
# "Djam Leelii" – 6:02
# "Bibbe Leydy" – 6:27
# "Sehilam" – 6:24
# "Kettodee" – 4:54 †
# "Ko Wone Mayo" – 9:29 †
# "Daande Lenol" – 4:34 †
# "Taara" – 5:23 †
† The last 4 tracks were absent from the original release.
Personnel
*Baaba Maal, Mansour Seck - vocals, acoustic guitars
*Aziz Dieng - electric guitar
*Mamad Kouyate - kora (harp-lute)
*Jombo Kouyate - balafon (idiophone)
*Papa Dieye - percussion
References
External links
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Baaba Maal albums
1989 collaborative albums
Mango Records albums